We faced each other for a long moment while his sharp eyes ran up and down the fitted pearl gray sheath I wore. His gaze finally made it to my face.

我们对视了片刻然后，他的目光先是落在我衣服上装饰的珍珠上，然后又回到我的脸上。

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In Gough Square, in front of Samuel Johnson's tall and staring house, I stopped for a while to watch a workman digging up a drain, taking the opportunity to gaze down into the rich strata that lay beneath the London pavement.

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